Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'The Bob Crane Show' from 1970-1982:
- Bob Crane as Bob Wilcox (1975)
- Jack Fletcher as Dean Lyle Ingersoll (1975)
- Patricia Harty as Ellie Wilcox (1975)
- Ronny Graham as Ernest Busso (1975)
- Todd Susman as Marvin Susman (1975)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'The Bob Crane Show':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Martin Donovan D: Norman Powell
With Will Seltzer (Schmidt), Gene Blakely (Professor), Robert Riesel (Delivery Man), Kenneth Mars (Jack). Bob Crane returns to TV in a series, playing a former insurance company vice president who has chosen in his early 40s to make a second career start by returning to medical school. In the first show, he's fearful of being unable to make the grade scholastically and wonders if his old job is still open.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Leonard Stadd, Arlene Stadd D: Norman Powell
With Harold Gould (Dr. Strauss), Audra Lindley (Amanda), David Spielberg (Leonard Freemont). Bob Wilcox is appalled when his widowed mother announces she has a new "roommate", a man just Bob's age.
Season 1, episode 3
D: Norman Powell
With Bruce Kimmel (Herbie), Dean Santoro (Dr. Field), Kay Dingle (Jane). A severe family crisis develops when Ellie wins a real estate sales award, emphasizing the fact that she has become the breadwinner of the family.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Jim Allen D: Norman Powell
With Sharon Spelman (Kathy), Todd Susman (Marvin), James Sutorius (Jerry). Bob Wilcox's home life and school atmosphere frost over when two of his classmates fall in love with his visiting sister-in-law.
Season 1, episode 5
D: Norman Powell
With Michelle Clair (Alfred), Jack De Mave (Mike). A tight family budget results in Bob's having to take advantage of a university summer school scholarship without the presence of his wife.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Martin Cohan D: Jack Shea
With Trisha Noble (Student), Martin Braddock (Smitty), Harold Gould (Dr. Strauss). An exchange student zeros in on Bob with her swinging singles approach to medical studies.
Season 1, episode 7
D: Norman Powell
With Joan Pringle (Nurse Hodges), Dick Balduzzi (Petri), Lorry Goldman (Burton). Bob's old skills of salesmanship come in handy when he must persuade his landlord to enter the hospital.
Season 1, episode 8
D: Norman Powell
With Bobbie Mitchell (Mary). Her real estate sales at a low ebb, Emily decides to augment the family income by posing in the nude for a college art class.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Jim Allen D: Norman Powell
With Bruce Kimmel (Herbie), John Astin (Lowen), Edward Winter (Dr. Patterson), Carol O'Leary (Miss Francis). Bob's pleasure at a reunion with an old friend, a nationally known architect, is short-lived when the man's casual announcement of his activism throws the hospital into a swivet.
Season 1, episode 10
D: Norman Powell
With Marian Mercer (Miss Chandler), Elizabeth Kerr (Miss Turner). His unexpected promotion to dean turns Lyle Ingersoll into a little Hitler, as the thrill of power and the flattery of his inept secretary convince him he is a titan.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Martin Donovan D: Norman Powell
With Barry Gordon (Gordon), Carole Ita White (Nadine), Harold Gould (Dr. Strauss), Will Seltzer (Schmidt), Christopher Barrett (Reporter). The descent of a pair of young documentary film-makers on the Wilcox household wreaks havoc with domestic tranqulity for Bob and Ellie.
Season 1, episode 12
D: Norman Powell
With Brett Somers (Mrs. Strauss), Harold Gould (Dr. Strauss). Friendship with his anatomy teacher proves to be a burden to Bob when Dr. Strauss splits with his wife and chooses Bob as his constant companion.
Season 1, episode 13
D: Norman Powell
With Jo Ann Pflug (Mary Jane Daggett), Jack Bannon (Officer Hager). Bob is suspected of complicity when the last man he hired before resigning as an insurance company executive embezzles thousands of dollars.
Season 1, episode 14
D: Norman Powell
With John Hillerman (Dean Harrington), Gloria LeRoy (Lola), John Ritter (Hornbeck), Ronni Richards (Miss Campbell). A campus flirtation of 20 years ago causes some anxious moments for Bob when the lady involved turns up, married to the dean of the medical school. (Last show of the series.)